copygirl

[ kop-ee-gurl ]

noun

1. a female employee who runs errands and sometimes delivers copy in a newspaper office.

Word History and Origins

Origin of copygirl¹

copy + girl

Example Sentences

Chung was a copygirl at a modest Washington, D.C.

From Fox News

As a copygirl in United Press International’s sports department, she began going to Yankees games and watched the likes of Joe DiMaggio, she said.

From New York Times

She took typing and shorthand at a vocational school and worked as a copygirl at the Dayton Herald to meet expenses.

From Time Magazine Archive